As deputies walked in, they found the man still holding the knife. The suspect began taking items off store shelves and throwing them at deputies.

This photo shows the front of a Family Fare grocery store in West Michigan. A man walked into the Holland Township store location Friday, Dec. 13, and threatened employees and customers with a butcher knife, police say.MLive file photo

OTTAWA COUNTY, MI -- A man allegedly wielding a large butcher knife who terrorized staff and customers at a Family Fare grocery store Friday also threw merchandise from shelves at responding sheriff's deputies before his arrest, authorities say.

The suspect, a 20-year-old from Holland Township, was taken into custody only after a deputy deployed a taser to temporarily disable him, Ottawa Sheriff's Lt. Mark Bennett said.